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chairs and a dining table with a top of plate
glass or a heat-proof lacquer on a steel
base and have the whole thing in the same
feeling and at the same time practical and
comfortable.

As far as domestic work is concerned, it
seems to be the super-shiny finish on steel
that turns certain people against it. We
look forward to seeing it finished in satin-
silver, a new finish for metals that is very

firms are working hard to find some way
of making them more cheaply, and when
this problem is solved there will be a huge
extra market for them, and many semi-
public places will begin to look less dreary
“andaneresparkling.

Wood or Steel

When we.come to the home, though, in

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began modestly at first, but the need of
separate r 1er activities soon be- the fasc
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stand the noise,” s} i i i cannot

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ys much for

she also passed a service examination, “and so I worried dad t 1 : “x expensive, t it is worth it.”

~ a a au xamination, “and so I worried dad t } a er expensive, but it is worth it-

mania. Though not yet 20 which entitles her to go out and do radio This was duly built at the back. of her is-also-a-woeful game for shocks.”
years of age, she has her repairs. home, and looks particularly workmanlike itinued ruefully. “TI am a :
with the radio receiver (5 valves), cry ry carele: I ‘got acre S

: 2 ol.transmitter (3 valy a " a
: ~ 3 all, there are only about six women Frogeneous 0 CIO or cous, switches, 0 e shack?
transmitting only four amateurs in Australia. Miss Crowder is Valves and other “gadgets” on shelves and’ A steurs’ Emergent
dae i chiev- 22xious to-go a step further and to get a tables, and bright chintz curtains and goes Seer 2
ee ae Spoainon’tn one of the commercial stations cushions which be O some iterest-
as a radio engineer but this at the mo- woman’s hand. Sh r rsations she has had with ama-
ment is impossible, for she is-a teacher z echa one, teurs in other countries. Recently, she
in the State Education Department, and is necessarily proficient in Morse code, for was thrilled to hear from an American
as three years of a four-year contract to the amateur transmitter must be qualified amateur, who explained how four amateur
é gia as complete. At presen! is stationed at todo at least 12 words a minute in Morse. Stations had provided an emergency link
nu pus Ooi ds State school, and, as she is able Sor a to bring help to sufferers, following the
a ea ee — a come’) ‘eon! : | bursting of a dam in the recent floods in
h ds), wh a Bs come only at the week-end she does Radio “Hide and Seek ay il oth tate
change cards), w 1c aecora € not get a great deal of time for her en- The fact that she has been the only girl that country, when all other communic:
the walls of her radio “‘shack grossing hobby. in a class of boys, and has been some- “Ons were wiped out.
testify. Miss Crowder is generous in her ac- thing in the light of a pioneer for her sex Miss Crowder commenced the broad-
knowledgment of help given to her by in this work, has added piquancy, which Casting of recorded music this week for the
ISS CROWDER has always been other amateurs and wireless enthusiasts. has contributed not a little to the fun of first time. Under the regulations she is
4 greatly interested in wireless, and “The boys of the Wireless Institute,” she it all. She particularly enjoys the fun of not allowed to broadcast with records con-
a visit to Mr. J. Batchelor’s amateur sta- declared warmly to a representative of the “field days.” On these occasions a car tinually, their use being restricted merely _
tion, 7JB, at the beginning of last year “Woman’s Realm,” “have all been very bearing the transmitter sets out for a cer- to testing purposes.
first put the idea into her head of qualify- good to me and helped me a great deal. tain destination, which must be, say, within : : :
f itting licence. She there- If I require anything done in the way of a 10-mile radius of a particular township. A portrait of Miss Crowder in
course at the an aerial erected and’so forth, they ali set Later, cars manned by other amateurs with her wireless shack appears.

ni nts. bo work and lend a hand. I just-send out receiving sets follow the same direction,
course: SSE ORS RR eee esac and & novel game of hide and seek ens

own. station, /YL, and al- Inventive School Teacher

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By “Elizabeth”
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living intown'who wishes to furnish [T is possible to accomplish much out of little if the idea is re euiciae vee ne

bed-sitting-room on a minimum outlay. The there and the will to put it into effect. In this, the second expensive material in shaded colourings of
room in which one has one’s being should |} yarticle of a series telling what can be made for “‘next to | PTW" and orange; this was thrown across,

__ breathe the individuality of its present gy s: nite : Raat cs but not hiding the little legs of the ottoman.
owner; & companionable room goes a long nothing”’ the furnishing of a business girl's bed-sitting room | At the head-end, cushions were piled—

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ERE is an idea for the business girl